Last week we reported the news that Saab was auctioning off the vehicles in its museum, with over 120 different models looking to be separated from one another. It appears that Saab enthusiasts and the city of Trollhättan, where the museum is located, wasn’t too keen on that idea.
The museum has been saved thanks to the city of Trollhättan, SAAB AB and The Wallenburg foundations. The trio paid over $4.1-million for the whole collection to remain in Trollhättan, but more importantly none of the cars will be separated from one another. The running costs of the museum will also be absorbed by the city and the regional government.
This is great news for what little may remain of Saab history, with the museum presumably housing the most complete collection of Saab vehicles in the world.
[Source: Saabs United]
Thank havens! The Saab sonnet has been saved, very, very likely the only remaining example is in the saab museum. The old 3 cylinder with mix yourself gas and old two stroke engines saved! I had a friend in high school that had one of those it was a completely unique. You could never get it into third from second gear, with it’s modern column shift nothing says sexy car than a column shift standard transmission! Lets not forget the last twenty some odd years suckling at the breast of Opel /Gm when the only reliable engineering came from Opel. I sure the saab museum will continue to drain the town’s budget in perpetuity because tit will never generate enough money to be self sustaining just like it’s name sake, forever relying on the kindness of strangers.
January 25th, 2012 at 8:05 am